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			Photo #: STS081-728-55 Date: Jan. 1997 Geographic Region: GUATEMALA Feature: GUATEMALA CITY, VOLCANO



	STS081-728-055 Volcanoes, Guatemala January 1997 The two prominent stratovolcanoes near the center of the picture (look for the radial drainage) are Acatenango (west) and Fuego (east). Their respective summit elevations are 13,045 feet (3976 meters) and 12,336 feet (3760 meters) above sea level. These volcanoes are part of a volcanic belt, which is aligned northwest to southeast near the west coast of Central America. The volcanic belt is the result of the Cocos Plate and a small piece of the Nazca Plate being subducted under the Caribbean Plate. This image graphically shows the volcanic axis that extends from Lago (lake) Atitlan (dark feature, bottom right) southeasterly to beyond the smaller lake (dark feature) south of the lighter colored landscape of Guatemala City (middle left edge-not to be confused with the white clouds). The darker-looking mountainous terrain and the flanks of the volcanoes are covered by lush forest vegetation.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 411k
Mission:	STS081
Roll - Frame:	728 - 55
Geographical Name:	GUATEMALA
Features:	GUATEMALA CITY, VOLCANO
Center Lat x Lon:	14.5N x 90.5W
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	10
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	14	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	NW	The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:	N	Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:	131
Date:	19970120	YYYYMMDD
Time:	162416	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	14.0N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	89.9W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	142	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	191	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	47	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	VOLCANO, MOUNTAIN
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